IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 Practice Test

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What is the recommended approach to data selection in Task 1?

Select only the most significant data points

In Task 1 you want to present a clear, cohesive overview by focusing on the most meaningful data. Selecting the key values and changes lets you reveal the overall trend and the main comparisons without drowning the reader in every figure. This keeps the description concise, well-organized, and easy to follow within the word limit. Describing every data point or including trivial figures would create clutter, and focusing only on negative data would bias the picture and miss important context.

Describe every data point

Include everything, even trivial figures

Focus on negative data exclusively

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